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unknown number

unknown number noun: a phone number that is unfamiliar to the recipient.

Noun

unknown number (plural unknown numbers)

  1. A phone number that is unfamiliar to the recipient.
    • Kelly looked at her phone. This unknown number keep coming up. Answer it.2012, Kevin Johnson, Work Your Mind and Not Your Behind, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 16
    • Just then Tanvi received a call from the same unknown number.2014, Nishigandha omanwar, Wrong Number to Right Person, Partridge Publishing, →ISBN
  2. A phone number that is hidden from the recipient.
    • The voice on the phone sounds familiar, but the incoming call on my phone reads “ unknown.” […] And why are you calling me from an unknown number?”2011, Kimberly Maryie Enterprises, I Love Cash, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 330
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unknown, number.

Forms of unknown number

pluralunknown numbers

Questions about unknown number

What does unknown number mean?
Unknown number means a phone number that is unfamiliar to the recipient.
What part of speech is unknown number?
Unknown number is a noun.
What is the plural of unknown number?
The plural of unknown number is unknown numbers.

Words near unknown number in the dictionary

  1. unknowledgeably
  2. unknowledged
  3. unknown
  4. unknown known
  5. unknown knowns
  6. unknown number
  7. unknown numbers
  8. unknown quantities
  9. unknown quantity
  10. Unknown Soldier
  11. unknown unknown

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